Cambodia: amid human rights progress, UN expert calls for more reform
Cambodia may be on the verge of a new era in human rights protection, an independent United Nations human rights expert declared today, adding that while the political momentum in the country was headed in a “positive direction,” a strong human rights infrastructure was still needed in order to establish “far-reaching and meaningful reform.”
In his address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Surya P. Subedi noted that the situation in the country was “very different” from the one that existed when he first assumed his post as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia five years ago. He warned, however, that the lack of independent monitoring institutions risked stunting the country’s progress on human rights issues. …
UN News Centre Staff
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